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"This is an important accomplishment for our members and retirees," Jacques Loveall, president of UFCW 8-Golden State, and Ron Lind, president of UFCW Local 5, said in a joint statement. "We were able to address Raley's competitive concerns while protecting our membership in a very challenging time."

Settlement specifics will be released to the members before they are offered publicly, a news release said.

The proposed agreement also will be submitted to Union workers at Raley's Bel Air chain, which had not yet been affected directly by the strike.

The chain has 128 stores in the Northern California region.

Workers went on strike Nov. 4. Negotiations lasted about 15 months.

"As one of the last large family-owned grocery chains, it will be great to have everyone back working again," Raley's president Mike Teel said in a statement.

Workers said they walked off the job because Raley's no longer wanted to provide Sunday and holiday pay.

The union also fought to save health care and retirement benefits.

"This could have all been avoided. What we were asking, we got. All we wanted was our health benefits and the retirees health benefits, the people that actually fought for us in the past, and we’re doing the same and we actually accomplished that," said Randell Ng, who works at the West Capitol Avenue Raley's in West Sacramento.

Raley's had said it needed to negotiate a new, less-expensive contract because the chain was losing money.

Five stores have been closed in the past year because non-union shops, which often have lower prices, have saturated the Sacramento market.

This dispute marked the first strike in the history of the 77-year old company.

Raley's spokesman John Seagald that the store has plans to reach out and welcome back customers following the strike.

"We’ll be reaching out and welcoming back our customers, thanking those who continued their support throughout this strike and reaching out to new customers as well, letting them know Raley’s is here and we’re here for the future," Segale said.